Intelligence the secret world of spies pdf

Espionage is often part of an institutional effort by a government or commercial concern. They can also find dissidents within the enemy’s forces and influence them to defect. However, the benefits through espionage are often great enough that most governments and many large corporations make use of it to varying degrees. Espionage agents are usually trained experts in a specific targeted field so they can differentiate mundane information from targets of intrinsic value to their own organizational development.

Correct identification of the target at its execution is the sole purpose of the espionage operation. Although the news media may speak of “spy satellites” and the like, espionage is not a synonym for all intelligence-gathering disciplines. The US defines espionage towards itself as “The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defense with an intent, or reason to believe, that the information may be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation”. A spy is a person employed to seek out top secret information from a source. Spies often seek to obtain secret information from another source. Often the players have never met.

Case officers are stationed in foreign countries to recruit and to supervise intelligence agents, who in turn spy on targets in their countries where they are assigned. Nevertheless, such a non-agent very likely will also have a case officer who will act as controller. Spies may also be used to spread disinformation in the organization in which they are planted, such as giving false reports about their country’s military movements, or about a competing company’s ability to bring a product to market. Many governments routinely spy on their allies as well as their enemies, although they typically maintain a policy of not commenting on this. Many organizations, both national and non-national, conduct espionage operations. It should not be assumed that espionage is always directed at the most secret operations of a target country. National and terrorist organizations and other groups are also targets.

This is because governments want to retrieve information that they can use to be proactive in protecting their nation from potential terrorist attacks. SIGINT detection and interception capability. Agents must also transfer money securely. There are several types of agent in use today. Peddlers, fabricators, and others who work for themselves rather than a service are not double agents because they are not agents. The fact that doubles have an agent relationship with both sides distinguishes them from penetrations, who normally are placed with the target service in a staff or officer capacity. Unwitting double agent, an agent who offers or is forced to recruit as a double or re-doubled agent and in the process is recruited by either a third party intelligence service or his own government without the knowledge of the intended target intelligence service or the agent.

This can be useful in capturing important information from an agent that is attempting to seek allegiance with another country. Operational Targeting Officer to a new Operations Officer, leaving the new officer vulnerable to attack. Intelligence agent: Provides access to sensitive information through the use of special privileges. Economic Analysts may use their specialized skills to analyze and interpret economic trends and developments, assess and track foreign financial activities, and develop new econometric and modeling methodologies.

This may also include information of trade or tariff. Access agent: Provides access to other potential agents by providing profiling information that can help lead to recruitment into an intelligence service. Agent of influence: Someone who may provide political influence in an area of interest or may even provide publications needed to further an intelligence service agenda. The use of the media to print a story to mislead a foreign service into action, exposing their operations while under surveillance.